Funding: Call for applications to the Legal Defence Fund – Mar 2011

The Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA), with the financial support of the Open Society Initiative for West Africa, is operating a fund for individuals/groups litigating cases before the African Commission for Human and Peoples’ Rights.

The fund covers travel, accommodation and other related expenses. Applicants to this fund must fulfill the following criteria:

Must be a national/organisation of an ECOWAS state, Cameroon, Chad or Mauritania;

Must have a communication before the African Commission for Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACmHPR) [cases before the ACmHPR are referred to as ‘communications’].

Applications should consist of the following:

An application letter;

Description of the communication including detailed information on the progress of your communication with the ACHPR – approximately 800 words;

Evidence of nationality [e.g. copy of ID, NGO or company registration document].